Volitan Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) I found this photo in a book on the history of Patonga. I thought some of you game fishos might like to see it - or maybe not depending on how this season is going. The caption describes them as tunny fish, and that they were plentiful in Broken Bay. It seems these fishermen worked from an open launch about 20-24 feet long, judging by the other photos. Can anyone confirm what species they are ? cheers Arron Edited July 30, 2015 by Volitan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattart Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I will guess they are longtail or Northern Bluefin tuna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) could it be mack tuna, I am not sure if they grow that big, I have caught some mack tuna spinning about 15yrs back just inside the heads of Pittwater that would have gone around 8kg, they were in amongst schools of salmonthat photo shows how humans can really stuff things up, it would be amazing if you still got catches like that today Edited August 2, 2015 by Scent Blazer Lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 definitely northern blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 This photo is really depressing. It makes you wonder if it could ever recover close to that point if commercial fishing was reigned in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamestown Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Most likely northern bluefin or longtail, but it was common occurrence to get yellowfin around barrenjoey, lion Island, West reef etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 could it be mack tuna, I am not sure if they grow that big, I have caught some mack tuna spinning about 15yrs back just inside the heads of Pittwater that would have gone around 8kg, they were in amongst schools of salmon that photo shows how humans can really stuff things up, it would be amazing if you still got catches like that today My 9kg Mac tuna was no where near as big as them and 9kg is pretty much max size in NSW. I'd call long tail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volitan Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks guys. Nthn blue its seems. Tuna in photos all look the same to me. I doubt there was much of a market for nthn blues at the time - and I got the feeling reading the context of the photo that this was more a novelty then a first rate earner for them. I've always wondered about these old photos and what they tell us about fishing in the past. Did they take the photo because it was an exceptional catch for the time? Or was this nothing special? When we were kids, photography was expensive and the only time the camera came out was when we caught something exceptional. On the other hand, there were definitely several people at Patonga in the 30s and 40s who were interested in recording everyday life. cheers Arron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Looks like longtail tuna to me Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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